Persistent organic pollutants in the polar regions and the Tibetan Plateau: A review of current knowledge and future prospects

X Wang, C Wang, T Zhu, P Gong, J Fu, Z Cong - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to their low temperatures, the Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau are known as the
three polar regions of the Earth. As the most remote regions of the globe, the occurrence of …

Persistent organic pollutants in the Tibetan surface soil: spatial distribution, air–soil exchange and implications for global cycling

X Wang, J Sheng, P Gong, Y Xue, T Yao… - Environmental pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
There are limited data on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the soils of the Tibetan
Plateau. This paper presents data from a survey of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) …

Persistent toxic substances in remote lake and coastal sediments from Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic: levels, sources and fluxes

L Jiao, GJ Zheng, TB Minh, B Richardson, L Chen… - Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Surface sediments from remote lakes and coastal areas from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard,
Norwegian Arctic were analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) …

Biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants along a high-altitude aquatic food chain in the Tibetan Plateau: processes and mechanisms

J Ren, X Wang, C Wang, P Gong, X Wang, T Yao - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomagnification of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been found in marine
and freshwater food chains; however, due to the relatively short food chains in high-altitude …

The legacy of organochlorine pesticide usage in a tropical semi-arid region (Jaguaribe River, Ceará, Brazil): implications of the influence of sediment parameters on …

AHB Oliveira, RM Cavalcante, WC Duaví… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Between the 1940s and 1990s, immeasurable amounts of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
were used in endemic disease control campaigns and agriculture in the tropical semi-arid …

Organic persistent toxic substances in soils, waters and sediments along an altitudinal gradient at Mt. Sagarmatha, Himalayas, Nepal

L Guzzella, G Poma, A De Paolis, C Roscioli… - Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are
important classes of compounds of serious environmental concern. These compounds were …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere of rural, urban and industrial areas of …

K Pozo, T Harner, A Rudolph, G Oyola… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2012 - Elsevier
Passive air samplers (PAS) consisting of polyurethane foam (PUF) disks were used to
assess air concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic …

Organochlorine pesticides in the soils and atmosphere of Costa Rica

GL Daly, YD Lei, C Teixeira, DCG Muir… - … science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
A survey of the contamination of the physical environment of Costa Rica with banned
organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) relied on sampling air and soil at 23 stations across the …

Altitude dependence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in surface soil from Tibetan Plateau, China

P Wang, Q Zhang, Y Wang, T Wang, X Li, Y Li, L Ding… - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
Remote mountain areas besides high latitude regions are beginning to receive increased
attention in studying the transport and behavior of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In …

Mitigation and remediation technologies for organic contaminated soils

L Zhu, L Lu, D Zhang - Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering …, 2010 - Springer
Organic contaminated soils have become a widespread environmental problem, which may
lead to a great threat to the quality of agricultural production and to human health. Physical …